Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion element includes a P-type thermoelectric conversion layer, a first metal layer, a second metal layer, a first joining layer, and a second joining layer. The P-type thermoelectric conversion layer includes a thermoelectric conversion material containing Mg and at least one selected from the group consisting of Sb and Bi. The first metal layer and the second metal layer each include Cu or a Cu alloy. The first joining layer and the second joining layer each include Al or an Al alloy containing Mg.

Abstract: A fabrication method of a thermoelectric conversion element includes forming a first metal layer containing Cu on a first surface of a thermoelectric conversion layer, and forming a first electrode and a first intermediate layer from the first metal layer. The thermoelectric conversion layer is composed of a thermoelectric conversion material containing Mg and at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of Sb and Bi, the first intermediate layer is provided between the thermoelectric conversion layer and the first electrode, the first intermediate layer is in contact with the thermoelectric conversion layer, the first electrode is in contact with the first intermediate layer, and a composition of the first intermediate layer is different from both a composition of the first electrode and a composition of the thermoelectric conversion layer.

Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion element includes a p-type thermoelectric conversion layer, a first metal layer, a second metal layer, a first bonding layer, and a second bonding layer. The thermoelectric conversion layer is composed of a p-type thermoelectric conversion material containing a Mg3(Sb,Bi)2-based alloy as a main phase and containing carbon. At least one of the first bonding layer or the second bonding layer contains Al and Si.

Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion material of the present disclosure is a p-type thermoelectric conversion material which includes an alloy containing Mg and Bi as a main phase and which contains carbon. The thermoelectric conversion material includes, for example, a Mg3(Sb,Bi)2-based alloy as the main phase. An atomic percentage of Bi included in the main phase is greater than or equal to an atomic percentage of Sb included in the main phase. The thermoelectric conversion material satisfies, for example, 0.01 at %?CC?1.2 at %, where CC represents a content ratio of carbon in the thermoelectric conversion material.

Abstract: To calculate the properties of a resin composition in a short time and with high accuracy, a resin property value prediction apparatus includes an acquisition unit acquiring spectral data obtained by measuring a resin composition by a spectroscopic sensor in a process of performing a resin polymerization reaction in a batch type reaction tank and a calculation unit, using a learned model learned with spectral data obtained by measuring the resin composition in advance and a resin property value as training data, calculating the resin property value of the resin composition having the spectral data acquired by the acquisition unit.

Abstract: A communication destination determination apparatus includes an acquisitor and a communication destination determiner. The acquisitor may be configured to acquire measurement results of accessibility of communication between each of a plurality of user terminals associated with each other and each of a plurality of game managers configured to communicate with each of the plurality of user terminals. The communication destination determiner may be configured to determine, based on the measurement results acquired by the acquisitor, and among the plurality of game managers, a target game manager as a communication destination to which the plurality of user terminals are to communicate.

Abstract: A sensation of presence of voice chat in a virtual space is enhanced. A user speech synthesizer used in a virtual space sharing system where information processing devices share the virtual space. The user speech synthesizer comprises a speech data acquiring section (60) for acquiring speech data representing a speech uttered by the user of one of the information processing devices, an environment sound storage section (66) for storing an environment sound associated with one or more regions defined in the virtual space, a region specifying section (64) for specifying a region corresponding to the user in the virtual space, and an environment sound synthesizing section (68) for acquiring the environment sound associated with the specified region from the environment sound storage section (66), combining the acquired environment sound and the speech data and synthesizing synthesized speech data.

Abstract: Provided is an introducing system in which a server device introduces users of terminal devices to each other while motivating the users to join the system by presenting appropriate information to them during a wait time before they receive introduction. When a terminal device requests introduction of another terminal device during a time slot (303) shifted from a time period (304) between times ti?1 and ti by a margin time period (305), the server device assigns an introduction time ti to the terminal device. The terminal device displays the difference between the assigned introduction time and the current time on a screen as a remaining wait time and the number of terminal devices in an introduction waiting list. When the time ti comes, the server device groups terminal devices that are assigned the introduction time ti to match an introduction target, and notifies the introduction target to each terminal device.

Abstract: The presentation device 100 is adapted to acquire image data representing a first image, and to additionally acquire overlay information that records in advance at least a placement location for a second image to be overlaid onto the first image for the purpose of masking or highlighted display of at least a portion of the first image. Once overlay information associated with image data is acquired, on the basis of the acquired overlay information, a second image is overlaid on the first image represented by this image data, and the resultant image is output. If a control input to delete the second image is received, the presentation device 100 outputs the first image after deleting the second image.

Abstract: A sensation of presence of voice chat in a virtual space is enhanced. A user speech synthesizer used in a virtual space sharing system where information processing devices share the virtual space. The user speech synthesizer comprises a speech data acquiring section (60) for acquiring speech data representing a speech uttered by the user of one of the information processing devices, an environment sound storage section (66) for storing an environment sound associated with one or more regions defined in the virtual space, a region specifying section (64) for specifying a region corresponding to the user in the virtual space, and an environment sound synthesizing section (68) for acquiring the environment sound associated with the specified region from the environment sound storage section (66), combining the acquired environment sound and the speech data and synthesizing synthesized speech data.

Abstract: Provided is an introducing system in which a server device introduces users of terminal devices to each other while motivating the users to join the system by presenting appropriate information to them during a wait time before they receive introduction. When a terminal device requests introduction of another terminal device during a time slot (303) shifted from a time period (304) between times ti?1 and ti by a margin time period (305), the server device assigns an introduction time ti to the terminal device. The terminal device displays the difference between the assigned introduction time and the current time on a screen as a remaining wait time and the number of terminal devices in an introduction waiting list. When the time ti comes, the server device groups terminal devices that are assigned the introduction time ti to match an introduction target, and notifies the introduction target to each terminal device.

Abstract: A unique ID 35 by which a distribution region can be identified is attached to a use-permission certificate 33 distributed in different regions. Different terminal devices send unique terminal device IDs to a data management device. Based on these IDs, the region in which the terminal device is installed is determined. IDs attached to use-permission certificates are sent by the terminal devices to the data management device through a communication network. Based on these IDs, the distribution regions of the use-permission certificates are determined. If the determined terminal device installation region and the use-permission certificate distribution region match, the use of data by the terminal device is allowed.

Abstract: In a method of generating an enlarged image signal by the use of a field memory, an image signal enlargement processing cycle constituted by n-th to (n+5)-th fields is repeated so that each one field of image signals read in the order of the n-th to (n+5)-th is sequentially processed by a signal processing circuit into video image signals. The signals are supplied by interlaced scanning to a video image reproducer such as an external television or video projector so that an image is displayed on a display screen in the order of an odd-line field and an even-line field. An area to be enlarged is sequentially written into an odd-line block and an even-line block of a field memory and can continuously be moved on the basis of a designation signal from a microcomputer, so that an enlarged image can be scrolled on the display screen.